Joseph Maria Olbrich

John Jesse, London

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 14, 1904, pp. 458-459 (for a period illustration of this model  displayed in the Stolz House, Heilbronn)
Ideen von Olbrich: Seine Welt, Zeige der Künstler, Berlin, 1904, reprint 1992, p. 102  (for a period illustration of this model)
Leo Nachtlicht, Deutsches Kunstgewerbe St. Louis 1904, Berlin, 1904, p. 40 (for a period illustration of this model included in the 1904 St. Louis Exposition)
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908: Das Werk des Architekten, Darmstadt, 1967, p. 158
Bernd Krimmel et al, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908 : Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1983, pp. 240 and 351 (for a period image of this model exhibited at the Turin Exhibition of 1902, and another example of this model)
Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, Darmstadt, 1989, p. 205
Torino 1902: Le Arti Decorative Internazionali del Nuovo Secolo, exh. cat., Milan, 1994, p. 357, no. 256

Very good overall condition. Minor wear and oxidization to the surface as expected with pewter. Four small rim chips to the glass insert.
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This model was exhibited at the 1902 Turin Exposition and in 1904 at the St. Louis Exposition and the Künstlerkolonie-Ausstellung in Darmstadt.